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BBC news 2018-04-26

BBC news with Marine Marshall.

A self-styled Indian holy man who boasts 40 million followers has been found guilty of rape. The guru Asaram was accused of attacking a 16-year old girl at a spiritual center near Jodhpur 5 years ago. The judge delivered his verdict from the city’s jail because of concerns that it could provoke riots. Prominent Indian politicians, including the current Prime Minister Narendra Modi have attended Asaram’s meetings.

The head of football’s governing body FIFA is facing an allegation that he tried to interfere in the awarding of the 2026 World Cup. BBC news has been told that Gianni Infantino attempted to prevent Morocco from making it onto the ballot paper because he preferred a joint bid from the US, Canada and Mexico. In a response, a FIFA spokesman said the president wasn’t involved in the process.

An international conference to raise the money for Syria has taken place in the Belgian capital, Brussels. The director of the World Food Program in Syria, Jakob Kern has said two thirds of the population need help.

At least 10 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a fire at an oil well in Indonesia. A local official says fire fighters in the northwestern province of Aceh are battling to contain the blaze.

The republican candidate Debbie Lesko has won a closely watched congressional election in the US state of Arizona. But a marginal victory was in single digits as the democrats made a strong showing in the district easily won by Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

Police in China have revealed they seized a record haul of cocaine with a street value of 160 million USD, in the biggest trafficking case ever seen on the mainland. The 1.3-ton drug consignment from South America was found in Guangdong Province in February. Ten people have been detained in the police operation, most of them from Hong Kong.

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